CLEARWATER, Fla. — From matters of home-plate collisions, to instant replay, to performance-enhancing drug suspensions, MLB Players’ Association Executive Director Tony Clark had a full plate when he met with the Phillies at Bright House Field Wednesday morning.

But perhaps the topic drawing the most interest outside of the big-league clubhouse had to do with Clark’s thoughts on the Phillies’ actions when it came to a pair of their unsigned draft picks from last June.

The Phillies confirmed that they reported fifth-round pick Ben Wetzler of Oregon State and sixth-round selection Jason Monda of Washington State to the NCAA for improper use of an adviser in negotiations. While Monda was cleared of wrongdoing, Wetlzer — the top pitcher for the second-ranked team in the country — sat out the start of the season while the investigation took place and ultimately was given an 11-game suspension that should end this weekend.

The action sullied the Phillies’ reputation in the minds of many, and considering a large percentage of players in Wetzler and Monda’s position do retain counsel with someone who ultimately becomes their agent once they sign on the dotted line, it seemed to benefit no one and create nothing but enmity for the organization.

Clark certainly didn’t have a clue what the Phils were trying to accomplish with the move.

“Concerned and troubled, I would say those two words do connect,” Clark said Wednesday. “Yes, we are concerned enough to be inquiring about what happened.

“I think whatever (teams and advisers) had been doing has been fine. That’s why this came out of nowhere. It wasn’t anything that was on anyone’s radar screen and wasn’t an issue in the past. That’s why we’re trying to figure out what exactly happened here that’s different than what happened in the past.

“I literally don’t know how it happened, why it happened, or what the rationale was behind it. I would like to know at some point soon, but at this point I don’t.”

While the players’ union doesn’t formally represent players until they become members of the 40-man roster for a team, it does have a bargaining interest in the amateur draft, including the slotting system for bonuses that has been implemented the last two drafts over the first 10 rounds.

“We have some input as to the rules and dynamics that exist therein,” Clark said. “That’s why anything related to it, we have a concern about it …

“We have ways of getting information. Because we don’t represent that group, we can’t walk into a living room and ask questions. But to the extent that we can ask those who may be involved or were around … that’s essentially what we’re doing.”

There is a feeling that the Phillies were upset over both Wetzler and Monda reneging on oral commitments they made before the draft indicating that they would leave school and accept the slotted bonus afforded them. Clark didn’t see that as a very solid argument for what happened.

“There is a reason oral commitments are oral commitments and not contracts,” he said. “To an extent an oral commitment is made, that’s a discussion between the two parties who are engaged in that relationship.”

Clark stressed that he wouldn’t pass judgment on the Phillies or the situation in general until more facts emerge. He hopes that the way baseball organizations and amateur players conduct the process of working out agreements doesn’t have to change because of what the Phillies have done, since the process has been mostly amicable and mutually beneficial to both sides.

“If there was an issue we thought existed, we would have addressed it at some point,” Clark said. “The way the system has been set up at this point, we are fine with. If there is reason to believe that the dynamic has changed in way we were not aware of, that will have to be a discussion we have to have. Up until this point, we didn’t think this was a discussion we needed to have.”